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Regional & national history
Focusing on Manchester, this book shows that canals were at the heart of the self-styled Cottonopolis. Not only did canals move the key commodities of Manchester's industrial revolution -coal, corn, and cotton - but canal banks also provided the key sites for the factories that made Manchester the 'shock city' of the early Victorian age. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTK; KNG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719083600
- ISBN
- 9780719083600
Condition: New
€ 152.58
€ 152.58
Looks at the attitudes of colonial officials in Africa who served between the end of the19th century and WWII, as well as what shaped such attitudes, including education and training, interrelationships, infrastructural change, and anti-colonial nationalism. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719083686
- ISBN
- 9780719083686
Condition: New
€ 151.56
€ 151.56
A study of the daily life, concerns, and dynamics of aristocratic families in the France of the Third Republic. Series Editor(s): Cross, Maire; Hopkin, David. Series: Studies in Modern French History. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085017
- ISBN
- 9780719085017
Condition: New
€ 151.39
€ 151.39
An exploration of Methodist missionaries working in Upper Burma between 1887 and 1966 Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTQ; HBTR; HRCX7. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085369
- ISBN
- 9780719085369
Condition: New
€ 151.71
€ 151.71
Analyses the attempted reform of the Poor Law system in Ireland between 1910 and 1932. This period represented one of the most formative and crucial eras in Irish politics and society with the ideas of culture, nation, state and identity widely contested. Num Pages: 224 pages. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087578
- ISBN
- 9780719087578
Condition: New
€ 153.44
€ 153.44
Traces how the Bible came to be known by lay people through different mediums. It brings together intellectual and religious history with art history, music, literature and social history to trace how the Bible was sung and preached, revered and studied in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century England. Series Editor(s): Rigby, Steve. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Tables, black & white|Halftones, colour|Halftones, black & white|Line drawings, black & w. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719089541
- ISBN
- 9780719089541
Condition: New
€ 151.59
€ 151.59
Hardcover. During the Second World War, the popularity and importance of the cinema in Britain was at its peak. In this groundbreaking book, Richard Farmer provides a social and cultural history of cinemas and cinemagoing in Britain between 1939 and 1945, and explores the impact that the war had on the places in which British people watched films. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; APF; HBJD1; HBTB; KNTC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091889
- ISBN
- 9780719091889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.43
€ 150.43
Paperback. This timely study provides a clear analysis of both the domestic and foreign policies and security issues confronting RussiaOs largest and most important neighbor during its first decade as an independent state. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUK; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742510180
- ISBN
- 9780742510180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.48
€ 80.48
Paperback. Written by women from all stations of life and from drastically different backgrounds, these stories reconstruct not only the world of the Gulag but also its meaning for society at large. It covers the entire span of the Gulag's existence, from the 1920s to the 1980s. Num Pages: 364 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511460
- ISBN
- 9780742511460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.19
€ 83.19
Hardcover. A cross-cultural study of opium in 19th-century China. It explores early Western observations of opium smoking, the formation of arguments for and against the legalization of opium, the portrayals of opium smoking in Chinese poetry and prose, and scenes of opium-smoking interactions in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742518025
- ISBN
- 9780742518025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.88
€ 173.88
Paperback. Twentieth-century French philosopher Simone Weil's complete writings on colonialism are collected and translated into English in this volume. Translator(s): Little, J. P. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742522831
- ISBN
- 9780742522831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.73
€ 73.73
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742529779
- ISBN
- 9780742529779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.24
€ 35.99
€ 29.24
Gulliver Unbound: America's Imperial Temptation and the War in Iraq
Hoffmann, Stanley, Bozo, Frederic
Hardcover. Reflects the place of the US in a world it has defined by 9/11, the war on terrorism, and the invasion of Iraq. This analysis considers the events and actions that have led America down the path of imperialism. Tracing the significance of September 11 in the course of American history, it explains the consequences for international order. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742536005
- ISBN
- 9780742536005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.73
€ 23.99
€ 20.73
Hardcover. Until now there was no overview of the air war in Vietnam and the debate it has produced-a debate in which some historians argue that the U.S. could have won the war if it had employed more air power. Frankum fills this gap by deftly tying together the air campaigns over North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; HBWS2; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742543027
- ISBN
- 9780742543027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.16
€ 40.99
€ 33.16
Paperback. American popular culture changed dramatically during the Vietnam era. This book explores the popular culture that shaped the baby boomers and the transformation that generation wrought in movies, television, sports, and music. It looks at the ways in which these cultural elements reflected the upheaval and unrest in Vietnam era America. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742544444
- ISBN
- 9780742544444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.50
€ 56.50
Using polling data, news stories, government reports, and interviews, Nadia M. Diuk shows how the next generation of leaders in shaping three of the most important countries in the former Soviet Union. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; JPHL; KJMB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549456
- ISBN
- 9780742549456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 135.59
€ 135.59
Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742556201
- ISBN
- 9780742556201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.26
€ 29.99
€ 25.26
Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742556997
- ISBN
- 9780742556997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.69
€ 79.69
Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742566156
- ISBN
- 9780742566156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.70
€ 76.70
Hardback. This volume brings together a wide range of readings on the Athenian Empire. Editor(s): Low, Polly. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625857
- ISBN
- 9780748625857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.91
€ 189.91
Hardback. From the 10th century to the end of the 12th century, the Fatimid Empire played a central, yet controversial, role in the history of Islam. By relating it to the wider history of Islam, the Crusades and its theocratic counterparts in Byzantium and Western Europe, this book shows the full historical significance of the empire. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3F; 3H; HBJH; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748640775
- ISBN
- 9780748640775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.97
€ 148.97
Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras
. Ed(S): Marincola, John; Llewellyn-Jones, Ll...
This series, supported by the Leventis Foundation, is a forum for original research in all aspects of ancient Greek history and culture. Each volume is co-edited by the biannually appointed Leventis Professor of Ancient Greece. Editor(s): Marincola, John; Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd; Maciver, Calum. Series: Edinburgh Leventis Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 752. History without Historians. Series: Edinburgh Leventis Studies. 352 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Marincola, John; Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd; Maciver, Calum. This series, supported by the Leventis Foundation, is a forum for original research in all aspects of ancient Greek history and culture. Each volume is co-edited by the biannually appointed Leventis Professor of Ancient Greece. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Dimension: 162 x 234 x 28. Weight: 752.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643967
- ISBN
- 9780748643967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.05
€ 153.05
Hardcover. Explores how the Great War influenced the construction of identity and nationalism in the Ottoman Empire. This title also explores how, during the First World War, Ottoman prisoners of war and military doctors discursively constructed their nation as a community, and at the same time attempted to exclude certain groups from that nation. Num Pages: 452 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748665785
- ISBN
- 9780748665785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.49
€ 161.49
Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; LAT; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748697397
- ISBN
- 9780748697397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.67
€ 200.67